An Irish man who has become an internet sensation after a video of him jigging in Brazil went viral has revealed he's never coming home.

Limerick man Patrick Fitzgerald, aka the 'fella in the favela' quit his job in March to go travelling around South America after he split up with his fiancée and decided he needed a change.

Using the savings he'd built up for his wedding, Patrick - from Abbeyfeale - threw caution to the wind and set off chasing his South American dream.

Video Loading

Video Unavailable

Click to playTap to play

The video will start in 8Cancel

Play now

Video will play in

Share this video

Watch Next

And now four months on, Patrick has revealed his planning to stay in Rio de Janeiro for good and open up a hostel for tourists like himself.

He said: "When you're here you can't help bit fall for the place a bit.

"The relationship I was in ended a couple of years ago and I had kind of thought about doing this for about 16 months and I had always wanted to travel to South America, it was always my dream and now that I'm here there's a little bit of me that would love to open up a hostel.

"It's a beautiful continent, the people are great and it's something I'm thinking about."

He added: "I've another few months left to travel and then hopefully I'll be able to think about settling down here.

"That's the way I'm thinking. I'd like to open up a hostel somewhere nice and people by the coast."

Patrick became an internet sensation after a video of him dancing a jig in a Rio favela with the word 'Brazil' painted across his cheats and wearing a bra and a head dress went viral.

And speaking to Louise McSharry on 2FM's Tubridy Show, fun-loving Patrick revealed how he ended up soaking up the World Cup carnival atmosphere in Brazil.

He explained: "I'm not a big spender generally but I had a couple of quid put away as I was engaged and stuff so I was preparing for the future but then things changed and you kind of take stock of things.

"It was the New Year this year and I just decided it was time for a change, I felt life was stuck on a go slow mode for a bit.

"So I's been thinking about it for a while and I just decided to go for it. "As my buddy from Argentina says 'don't let your dreams be dreams'."

Patrick is living in a real chilled out part of Rio - and he described the World Cup as "a magic street party" with DJs on the street and crowds wedged together to watch the matches on big screens.

He revealed: "It's just an amazing scene and if there's one thing the Brazilians love it's a party."

The Limerick native, who basically considers himself a native now, encouraged others to follow his lead and follow their dreams.

He revealed: "The most frightening part of travelling alone was a few days before I left home.

"I just thought 'God almighty, what am I doing going off on my own to South America?' "You start getting pre-match nerves for want of a better word.

"The thing is you go travelling on your own but you're never on your own.

"For me it was my first time travelling on my own but for me it's the only way to travel."